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THE EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION, APPARENTLY AN
ORGANIZATION OR^NTED__TOWARD PROVIDI NG_^CIAL_FaBH- A-ND j
ASSISTANCE PROGR AMS FOR THE POOR, HAS A NEW OFFICE AT 1701
NORTH 42ND STREET, WEST PHILADELPHIA. THE ESWA CLAIMS TO
HAVE 5 000 ME MBERS AND TO BE DEDICATED TO PROIWIjg_CHA^ES /
IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THEY ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE AT 1518
SOUTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ESWA CLAIMS TO PROVIDE
LUC I
EMERGENCY HOUSING, DENTAL CARE, AND FOOD PROGRAMS. THEY
APPEAR TO HAVE ABOUT NINE FULL-TIME WORKERS, INCLUDING
(LNU),
WHITE MALE, WITH A NEW
YORK ACCENT. THEY CLAIM- TO BE NATIONWIDE AND MAY HAVE ONCE
BEEN LOCATED IN STAFFORD, NY. THEY ARE "UNITED FOR CHANGE",
ARE SOCIALISTICALLY ORIENTED, CONDUCT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
IN CHURCHES, AND DO NOT APPEAR TO BE VIOLENCE-PRONE.
PHILADELPHIA INDICES INDICATE
PRIESTS FOR PEACE, AN A NTI-^VIETMAJ
ON JULY 29, 1980,
IS FORMER MEMBER OF
TIVITIES GROUP.
Pf\
l\l A LOCAL PHILADELPHIA HOSPl=TAt;
CONTACTED THE PHILADELPHIA OFFICE AND VOLUNTEERED THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION: HE FIRST CAME IN
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CONTACT WITH THE EASTERN SERVICES WORKERS ASSOCIATION IN
MARCH, 1980 DURING A BUCKET DRIVE (FUND RAISING) AT 15TH
AND SPRUCE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ACCORDING TO
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MEMBERS ON THE STREET EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CHANGING THE
SITUATION OF THE POOR AND HE APPEARED TO BE INTERESTED. HE
SAID THAT THEIR OFFICES ARE LOCATED AT 1518 SOUTH STREET,
TaEPHONE NUMBER 545-9055 AND 1701 WEST 42ND STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
PA, TELEPHONE NUMBER 473-9718. HE INDICATED THAT THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED AT THE PHILADELPHIA EASTERN SERVICES WORKERS ASSOCIATION
ARE (X)
(X)
IN PHILADELPHIA,
(X), A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER
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(X).
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INDICATED
AFTER A FEW CONTACTS WITH THE GROUP,
THAT HE WAS RECRUITED TO JOIN THE ORGANIZATION AND WAS ASKED
TO GO TO BROOKLYN, NY, FOR INDOCTRINATION LESSONS. HE WENT
TO NEW YORK ON TWO OCCASIONS,
IN NEW YORK HE MET A CX)
WHO WAS
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AS WELL AS A
CX), -
LNU,
AND A MEMBER
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OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
SAID THAT
LNU WAS OF
WAS A FORMER MEMBER
OF THE VENCENREMOS BRIGADE AND HE DESCRIBED HIM AS
TO NEW YORK
DURING HIS VISITS
WAS FURNISHED TRAINING IN THE BASIC STRUCTURE
OF THE ORGANIZATION AND HE FURNISHED THE COPIES OF NOTES
WHICH HE TOOK DURINS THOSE MEETINGS. C^ V
PHILADELPHIA INDICES CONTAIN NO IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
REGARDING EASTERN SERVICES WORKERS ASSOCIATION,
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ADVISED THAT HE WAS FURNISHING THIS INFORMATION
BECAUSE HE FELT THAT THE GROUP WAS REALLY NOTI NTERESTED IN THE
PLIGHT OF THE POOR
AND THERFORE WAS
PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TO THE FBI.
WAS RECONTACTED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 AND INDICATED
THAT HE HAS HAD NO ADDITIONAL CONTACTS WITH THE GROUP AND FEELS
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THAT THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN
THEIR INTEREST WITH HIM. ^Q^ \J\
ON NOVEMBER 2, 1981
(PROTECT
IDENTITY
BY REQUEST)
CH)
FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING:
IS NOT
AWARE OF
AND WOULD NOT APPROVE OF 1
^ER CONTACT WITH FBI.
SOURCE'S
ABRUPTLY LEFT HOME
FEBRUARY 15, 1981 AFTER BECOMING A^SOCIAYED WITH EASTERN
SERVICE WORKERS, 15 18 SOUTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. SHE IS NOW
LIVING WITH THE COALITION OF CONCERNED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS/
EASTERN FARM WORKERS, 76 WEST MAIN STREET, RIVERHEAD, NY.
SOURCE FURNISHED INFORMATION AS SOURCE FELT THE ABOVE
ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT POSSIBLY BE OF INTEREST IN LIGHT OF RECENT
WEATHER UNDERGROUND ARRESTS AND INVESTIGATIONS.
BECAME COMMUNIST/SOCIALIST ORIENTED LATE IN
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HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED NOR IN ANY TROUBLE WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCORDING TO SOURCE.
MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT HER AT
RIVERHEAD, NY WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; PERSONNEL THERE WERE DEFENSIVE,
AND^
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IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FEMALE^
SHE WAS A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. HER WORK EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES MC DONALD'S HAMBURGERS AN!) eHILD ABUSE CENTER,
PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA CONDUCTED NO INVESTIGATION REGARDING CAPTIONED
GROUP OR ITS MEMBERS IN PHILADELPHIA.
REVIEW OF INFORMATION DEVELOPED TO DATE HAS FAILED TO SHOW
ANY CPUSA OR FOREIGN CONNECTION. CAPTIONED GROUP APPEARS TO
BE SOCIALISTIC AND POSSIBLY MARXIST-LENINIST ORIENTED.
TO PH, NYC IS REQUESTED TO WAIT
PRIOR TO SENDING
TILL PH COMPLETES LOCAL PD INTELLIGENCE, USSS AND ATF CHECKS
AND FURNISHED DETAILS OF THESE CHECKS AS WELL AS NOTES OF
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INFORMATION TAKEN BY
THOUGH SOME MEMBERS OF CAPTIONED GROUP MAY HAVE LEGALLY
PURCHASED GUNS, THERE ARE CONFICTING OPINIONS AS TO THE
PRONENESS FOR VIOLENCE OF THE GROUP.
ABSENT ANY REAL CPUSA OR FOREIGN CONNECTION OR VIOLENT ACTIVITY,
PH WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
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^'pFO-'-RAL BUREAU
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ESWA/iiTioNAL LABOR FEDERATION (NkF) 1 FCJI-R (B) , CPUSA ,\ 00 :N. Y.
RE NEW YORK' TELETYPE TO BUREAU/AND PHILADELPHIA TELETYPE" "
TO BUREAU, DATED JANUARY 21, Y982, AND JANUARY 22, 1982,^-—- ^'
RESPECTIVELY.
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INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED TO DATE HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING
i»FOR«Aiia«: ^.6^, ICO (JflM'^- JX^
ESifA OFFICES IN NEW JERSEY HAjjE^BEEN IDENTIFED THROUGH
PUBLIC DIRECTORIES A3 FOLLOWS: p^.^
549 N. aiNTON AVE., TRENTON, N . J , (609) 392-9759; 12 NEW ^g ^g32
km W^ . ' -
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'-PAGE TWO NEWARK 229B- 18 S £><T^ T
JERSEY AVE., ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (609) iAA'^4; 196 GEORGE ST.,
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (20 1) 246-9572.
SEWARK INDICES WERE NEGATIVE RE NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL MEPBERS
PROVIDED BY MEW YORK.
REVIEW OF NEWARK FILES DISCLOSED ESWA WAS SUBJECT OF PREVIOUS
INVESTIGATION UNDER BUREAU FILE 105-295 232^; NEW YORK FILE 100-
182246, AND NEWARK FILE 1 00-5 7227 DUR ING 1975 AND 1976.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF THAT INVESTIGATION
WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS BEING AVAILABLE AT NEW YORK AND THE BUREAU.
INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED IN 1975 FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF
INFORMATION AT NEWARK FROM (PROTECT)
JOINED ESWA AND
tnDLLOWING AN INDOCTRINATION WAS ASSIGNED TO LIVE IN VARIOUS
COMMUNAL STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. | |tONG WAS INFORMED
BY
THAT ESWA IS A COMMUNIST FRONT WHICH IS ATTEMPTING
TO ORGANIZED DOMESTIC SERVICE WORKERS AND OTHER MILITANT LABORERS
INTO A UNION-LIKE ORGANIZATION. SHE STATED FURTHER THAT ESWA HAD
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A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR THE VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
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THIS ORGANEATION WAS DESCRIBED
AS A
PURE LENINIST ORGANIZATION APPARENTLYPRO-CHINESJ WITB„ A__C_UB6J
ELEMEKT AND WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING CONNECTED WITH THE MLF.,
THE NEW BRUNSWICK CHAPTER WAS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO
IN 1975 WITH ESWA HAVING BEEN ORGANIZED IN APPROXIMATELY 1965.
STATED
DESCRIBED A "RED GUARD" OR "RED
ARMY" ELEMENT LOCATED IN VARIOUS CITIES WITH WEEKLY PARAMILITARY
DRILLS. THIS UNIT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING PART OF A PLAN FOR
OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNS NT WITHIJ j^FIVE YEARS , WHEN THE WORKERS
WOULD RISE IN REVOLUnON. ESWA WAS DESCRIBED FURTHER AS HAVING
A NETWORK OF. "SAFE HOUSES">ITH THE NEW BRUNSWICK "SAFE HOUSE"
LEARNED
HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED BY
OF PLANS TO OPEN NINE NEW "ENTITIES" IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK,
AND PATERSON, N.J. DURING 1976|
ADVISED THAT
HAD SHIFTED TO A RELATED ORGANIZATION THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS
( WFW) IN B ELL PORT , LONG ISLAND, N.Y. THIS GROUP WAS ALLEGED TO
OPERATE HEALTH CENTERS ON LONG ISLAND FOR MIGRANT WORKERS,
PROVIDING HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE AT SIXTY CENTS PER YEAR.
EVERY ALTERNATE FRIDAY THIS GROUP WOULD MEET AT VARIOUS
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'PAGE FOUR NEWARK 229B- 18 ^/^-STerr^rT--^
LOCATIONS FOR HISTORY LECTURES WHICH WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING
REALLJjMR)asr-^ 1ST INDO CTR I NAT lOJSI^COllRSES .
STATED DURING JUNE 1976, THAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR
A VIOLENT REVOLUTION STILL EXISTED BUT DENIED BEING INVOLVED IN
THAT
THAT ASPECT OF THE ORGANIZATION. SHE ADMITTED TO
ffiING A COMMUNIST MEANS YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE LAW./^
ON NOVEMBER 4, 198 1, NEWARK RECEIVED A COPY OF AN ANONYMOUS
LETTER WHICH HAD BEEN MAILED TO SENATOR
THE
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WRITER OF THIS LETTER STATED THAT ESWA IS "AN ARM" OF THE NLF
WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN MANHATTAN, N.Y. THE WRITER REFERRED TO
\| "NATLFED" BEING CALLED THE "PROVISIONAL WING OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY". THE WRITER STATED THAT OTHER ARMS OF THE NLF INCLUDE
THE NORTHERN FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION; THE CALIFORNIA HOMEMAKERS
ASSOCIATION; THE NORTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SEASONAL WORKERS
ASSOCIATION. THESE ORGANIZATIONS WERE ALLEGED TO HAVE BRANCHES
IN SIX CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, LONG ISLAND, N.Y., SMITHTOWN, N.Y.,
BOSTON, MASS., PRINCETON, N.J., TRENTON, N .J . , ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.,
AND PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE UNKNOWN WRITER REFERRED TO AN "ARMED FACTION" RECRUITING
■>AGE FIVE NEWARK 2 29B- 18 TSr-E^Jt-J^-'F^ ^{^
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR THE ULTIMATE OVERTHROW OF THE
U.S GOVERNMENT. WHILE THE WRITER OF THIS LETTER IS NOT KNOWN,
THE WRITER STATED THAT HE COULD RECEIVE A COMMUNICATION FROM
SE NAT OR
THROUGH
NO INVESriGATION WAS CONDUCTED RE THE ABOVE LETTER
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PHILADELPHIA (.229B-15) (ROUTINE)
NEW YORK (2298-87) (ROUTINE)
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SECTION TWO OF TWO
ESU A/ NATIONAL LABOR FEDERATION (NLF), FC I-R (B) , CPUSA , 00 S N .Y.
^
■J'kQE SEVEN tEWARK 229B-18 SE^^&<S^T
COULD SUPPLY NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE ESWA OR ANY
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HOWEVER, WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR
ANY INFORMATION RE THESE GROUPS.
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED AS ESWA MEMBERS
IN NEW JERSEY DURING THE 1975 INVESTIGATION:
PROFESSOR)
CLASr NAME UNKNOWN THAT SOUNDS LIKE
DESCRIBED AS
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(COLLEGE
(LNU) WAS
WHITE FEMALE WHO
CAME FROM ANTIOCH COLLEGE, OHIO,, TO FORMALIZE THE ORGANIZATION
AT NEW BRUNSWICK.
IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TRAVELLED --^
EXTENSIVELY;
PROFESSOR AT LIVINGSTON COLLEGE, N.J.
AND REPORTEDL
Y AN AUTHOR ;
(LAST NAME UNKNOWN) WHO WAS STATED
TO BE
DURING i975 | | rEP0RTEDLY LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY, WORKING WITH
(LNU) AND RUNNING THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. INVESTIGATION
(LNU)
CONDUCTED AT THAT TIME WAS UNSUCCESSFU- IN IDENTIFYING
WORKER;
PART-TIME WORKER;
PART-TIME VOLUNTEER
(LNU) A BLACK MALE WHO
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PAGE EIGHT NEWARK 229B- 18 S
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SE INDIVIDUALS WERE RECIPIENTS OF TELEPHDNE
CALLS MADE "^
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FROM THE
iESIDENCE,
WAS DETERMINED TO BE SlBSCRIBED FOR
^f AS DETERMINED TO BE SUBSCRIBER FOR
BOTH WERE DETERMINED TO BE UNLISTED
NUMBERS.
\J THE STATE UNIVERSITY AT
STONY BROOK AND HEAD OF THE LONG ISLAM) EQUAL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE,
ADVISED THAT THE NFW
OFFICE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y., HAD BEEN RAIDED BY THE SUFFOLK
COUNTY POLICE WHO WERE LOOKING FOR WEAPONS. H3WEVER ,
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY TIPPED THEM OFF
STATED THAT
WHEN THE RAID WAS EMINENT. IN ADDITION,
THIS ORGANIZATION HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS. BOARD. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE
REGARDING THIS ALLEGATION.
NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: WILL CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
AT NEWARK, ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW BRUNSWICK IN AN ATTEMPT TO
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IDENTIFY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CPUSA AND CAPTIONED GROUPS AND TO
PAGE NINE NEWARK 229^18
%)ENriFY MEMBERS AND ACTIVITIES OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
AIRTEL
sacRE
DATE: ^l^l^l
TO
FROM
: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-293232)
(ATTN: INTD, CI-1 SUPERVISOR
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SUBJECT J-
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LTER N SERVICE V70RKERS A^S,QgJ^KJ,QNy-NAT,I.ONAL
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(00: NY)
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The following is classifiyfid "^^tqV in its entirety.
ReNYairtel, dated 1/11/42, and NYtel, dated 1/2SJQ2.' J^-
Enclosed for the Philadelphia office are copies of
conununications from NYO records concerning ESWA.
New title reflects recent information ascertained ifjjpm a
source who has had contact with ESWA/NLF and its Long IsJaaridil/'
subsidiary EF WA. The sourc e has verified most of the rnfioEWation
supplied from[]
Complete information from the\sc;^4rce
is communicatiori,^ / C~>r~/li
itatea the change in the
ecipitc
ioned source advised that "ES
will be provided later in
Information which
is as follows:
The previously mentioned source advised that "ESWA/NLF
and EFWA are not the only names by which this front organization
is known as. There are numerous subsidiary organizations
intertwined together and each organization's name changes to
reflect the particular area of the country it is located in. For
example, ESWA is located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York c__^d
and Massachusetts. EFWA is located in Long Island and Wayne
County, New York. Other names by which this organization is
known as is Northwest Seasonal Vtorkers Association (NWSWA) , which
is located in Medford, Oregon, and ViJestern Service VJorkers
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Association/California Homemakers Association (VJSWA/CHMA) , are
located in California. There are also several "service"
organizations that were formed to assist the aforementioned
primary organizations (they share the same addresses as the
primary organizations). The service organizations encompass
primarily the legal and medical professions. These organizations
are Long Island Equal Justice Association (LIEJA) , Coalition of
Concerned Medical Professionals (CCMP) (Long Island, New York;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Trenton, New Jersey, and numerous
locations in California), and Coalition of Concerned Legal
Professionals (CCLP) (located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Sacramento, California). Also, Long Island Alternative Press^
(LIAP) is the printing facilities for these organizations. ^^
As previously stated, all of these organizations are
intertwined with one another, with the common denominator being
the National Labor College (NLC) which is run by the National
Labor Federation. The NLC serves as the arena by which all of
these organizations (27 total), congregate for national meetings
which are held in New York City. Apparently, this college also
serves as an indoctrination into these organizations for
prospective members and is the first occasion that NLF in a
semi-public forum acknewledges that there are other more *•
important aims to be accomplished than the helping of the
misfortunate workers of the United States.
As previously stated, the NLC is controlled and operated
by the National Labor Federation (NLP) , 200 VJest 20th Street, New
York, New York. Originally, information in NYfile 100-182246 on
ESVJA indicated the association between ESWA and EFWA with the
NLF. However, this association was not verified at the time of
that original information. The booklets which the NYO obtained
from the aforementioned "source", the association between NLF and
the previously mentioned organizations becomes clear. NLF and
these other organizations are all advertised as Voluntary Mutual
Benefits Association, which are organizing the unrecognized
workers (domestic workers, farm workers, seasonal workers and
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other low paid workers) . NYO source also had heard of the NLF in
conjunction with the NLC, EFWA and LIEJA.
'.Whether or not NLF et al is a front for the CPUSA can
not definitely be stated, but the teachings of Communism do
dominate these organizations and the NLC. There has been
conf licting reports from the NY O's CPUSA assets concerning NLF et
al . |_ 1 have not heard of the
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Jbelieves
names have not been provided to them) , but
she has heard of the NLF, NLC and EFV7A, plus certain members in
some connection with the CPUSA (complete details are not
available at this time) .
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The NYO, from a review of information on EFWA contained
in /the r ecords of the NYO. found a letter written by a
(protect) j [> concerning her corit'a'cfP'
Wltn KJ: '*7A and LIEJA and a meetxng of the NLC that she had
attended in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1931. The description
of how this meeting was organized and run verif ied the
information received earlier from
1 Th is letter.
which in addition to expressing the fears ot f [ about the NLC
et al, spoke of the coming American Revolution which was
discussed during the meeting she attended in Brooklyn, New York.
This discussion was in very vague terms but the NLC speakers used
the Russian Revolution to describe how the coming American
Revolution would take place. Based on this letter and the fact
I | was obviously concerned about the NLC et al, the NYO
interviewed her on 1/12/32.
initially became involved with EFT^A after she had heard several
speeches describing the plight of the migrant farm workers on
Long Island. She volunteered to help in EFWA's projects and
became involved in about August 1980. She helped mostly in the
collating of various activities involving the migrant workers.
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b6 these activities for ?^>->r.in- a v^ar anri in approximately October
b7C 1981, she was asked by a | hf LIEJA if she wanted to
b7D attend a national labor college m Brooklyn, New York. I
agreed and on a Sunday she was d riven to a la rge Catholic church
on Lafayette Street. The church | | was taken to was on
Jerome Avenue between fli-ian<-i<^ ^nri LiY^e^-n-y Avenues, approximately
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10 minutes from the church | |was taken to.
Upon arriving at this church, her group was met by
uniformed guards wearing fatigues, boots and berets which had red
stars embossed upon them. These guards numbered 10 to 15 and
were responsible for the security of the meeting, the security of
the primary speakers and they were responsible for the orderly
running of the meeting (no one who attended this meeting was
allowed to leave the building unescorted or even to go to the
restroom without a guard being with them) . There was a very
large., mixed audience in attendance, approximately 300, divided
almost evenly between men and women with a few blacks and
hispanics interspersed in the crowd. Of this number, there were
approximately 40 prospective new members, who were either there
for the first time or had attended one other such meeting. These
new members were seated separate from the others.
After opening remarks, the audience was divided into
smaller groups and teachers would rotate from one group to
another (the group's prospective new members were kept together).
The topics which these teachers were instructing on were the
following:
The History of the Labor Movement in the United States,
discussions about government corruption. History and Abuses of
the CIA and FBI, Marxist-Leninism doctrines and teachings,
especially LENIN' s writings. History of the Russian Revolution,
discussion on the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia (the U.S
is the responsible party for its beginnings and its continuation,
i.e. Marshall plan, TRUMAN doctrine, Salvadorian and Nicaraguan
interference by the United States) . Additionally, numerous other
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topics dealing mostly with the U.S. govergment's imperialism
around the world from 1900 's to the present and Watergate were
discussed.
Finally, the small groups were disbanded and everyone
listened to the main speak er who was enthusiastically received.
His n ame waj I (ph) , and is described as a white
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man in c harge of the military aspects of these organizations) .
Jexpanded upon the topics of U.S imperialism, the Cold
War, the teachings of LENIN and the need to have the American
Revolution to rectify the corruption of capitalism. He also
spoke of communism in the U.S and how communism in this country
could not .be modeled after Chinese, Cuban or Russian communism,
but structured to fit this country (a type of American
Euro-Communism) .
when describing how NLF was masking its real
purpose of organizing and beginning the American Revolution as
well as how NLF was strengthening itself and training its
7Z leaders, made the statement "Vie will allow leftist opposition
representation in NLF as a means to hide our true reasons for
being", and, "Our cells are under welfare covers so we may
stren gthen ourselves and train our leaders without interference".
I I stated that there was nothing more specific said about what
form the American Revolution would take, armed or peaceful.
However, when she asked one of the people that brought her to
this meeting since they appeared to be advocating armed violence,
were they not afraid of the government's reactions- The woman,
whose name she could not remember replied, "We're protected by //
the aftermath of the reaction to Mc Carthyism" .
The NLC program was finished at approximately 2:30 a.m.,
almost 12 hours later, and no one was allowed to leave until the
group you had arrived with was called and escorted to their cars
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by the guards. There were groups from Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, N ew Jersey,
Ohio, California and New York. Several days after P I
attended this meeting, she voiced her uneasiness about NLC and
EFWA and expressed the opinion to several of her friends that
these organizations we xe obviously a communist front . These
remarks were somehow relayed bac k to EFVJA and the woman w ho had
sponsored her to attend the NLC,
was
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visite d at her resid ence by RANCE and a black man by the name of
"](LNU) .
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admitted to
]that she was a communist but
only he r a nd tha t there were many political beliefs in EFWA.
ack man alone for a short period of
time and
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and
ked[
I how he got involved with these groups .
told her that he had been a member of the Black Panthers
and the Weathermen, but after the problems they got into he
decided to join this organization (EFI'JA/NLF) , which had the sa'rtie
goals as the Black Panthers and Vfea thermen but went about
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stated that he liked the idea
established cells along the East
achieving them differently
of having an organization wi
and West Coast that were trying to organize the lower classes and
providing them with the necessities so they would be able to
become militant members of the soon-to-come revolution.
I I stated that she thought that
remark was
interesting and that he obviously did not mean that NLF was using
the lower class as their recruiting grounds. The people in EFWA
who are responsible for its operation are overwhelming middle to
upper-middle class , college educated white s , with a large
professional membership. Obviously, | |
statement was meant to mean these lower ci
the revolution after EF»'JA/NLF had started it.
stated,
ass people would join
I who has
The NYO is maintaining contact with \
had contact with EFWA f orced upon her by | |
continues to cal l I I asking to use her telephone to make EF^JA
business calls,
will to continue
^ wants to rid herself of this problem but
minimal contact with EFWA at the present time.
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As stated previously, the NYO has obtained a listing of
several NLF organizations and members. The organizations and
their addresses except California, Oregan and Massachusetts are
as follows:
' 200 V7est 20th Street
f eO'''WirgyfY^'''faew Yo r k
rrfe^{3tfd'Bg''MW'£'* rmT^24-840 2 .
,(the Riverhead, Long Island address was provided in
referenced airtel)
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58 Beaver .Dam Roa d-
teTephone number (516) 286-3C
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12 Nor th. .Mg^._Ja£seY Avenue
A"tlan tTcC^^ |^^?r ^erse
telephone num^i.'^'^ f^fW
(This" may be an olci adaress see referenced airtel)
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5_4.9-JT£>£±.h-jC4. j. ^^^on .ftvgjiiig.,
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LONG JSLftMD ALTERNATIVE PRESS (LIAP)
58 Derby P^ftgf,
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(5TST' 724;
uONG ISLAND EQUAL JUSTICE ASSOCIATIONS (LIEJA)
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3ALITI0N OF CONCERNE D LE GAL PROFESSIONAT.S ( . qC T .P )
sfe
PhiladelDhjLa . Pennslvvania . ( same address and
T^^phone number as EFVJA )
COALITION OF CONCERNKr) MRI^f j ^^L PROFESSIONALS ,( CCMP )
Jill J"--' — !:■ >^.^ Avenue
L wliiif jV ti P'^ ' i ^^^ Jersey..
' (609) 695-'g"5"5'9
SES^EH
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Riverhead (same address as EFV/A)
(516) 727-9380
RIVERHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER (RCSA) ■
(Same address as EFWA)
TRENTON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER (TCSC)
(Same address as CCLP in Trenton)
Members Of The Above Organization . (Except The One Previously
Provided
It should be noted, members of these organizations are
continually transferred from organization to organization and
location to location. Therefore, these individuals may not be at
the location listed.
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As previously stated; the NYO has not been able to
establish the connection to the CPUSA and as of yet has not seen
or heard anything that would convince the NYO that NLF et al is a
CPUSA front organization, but the investigation has just been
initiated. The only way to definitely establish the link between
NLF and the CPUSA, will be through asset repo rting. In th is ''i\
vain, the NYO believes that the activation of l H should
take place if the connection to CPUSA is to be verified or not.
REQUEST OF THE BUREAU
Bureau is requested to check indices regarding the
organizations and members listed in this communication.
LEAD
NEWARK
AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY . Newark is requested to check
indices on the individuals and organizations in this
communication.
PHILADELPHIA
AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA . Philadelphia is
requested to check indices on the individuals and organizations
in this, communication.
NEW YORK
AT NEV7 YORK, NEW YORK . Will check indices on the
individuals and organizations in this communication.
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Director, FBI (105-293232)
SAC, Mev7 York ^293-87)
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^-^EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS AS30CIATI0K (ESWA) /
NATIONAL LABOR FEDERATION (NLF)
FCI - R (CPUS A)
00: NY
Classified "S^^et" /unless otherwise i/ftdicated.
Re NY airtel, 1/11/82, captioned "System Service y^
Workers Association," and >3Y and PH tels 1/21/82 and 1/22/8
respectively, captioned as above.
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Enclosed for receiving offices is one copy each of
Sscranento letter 7/15/80, captioned "Provisional Wing of the
Communist Party of the United States of the Order of Lenin;
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FBIHQ has reviewed this matter with interest and
^appreciates JTYO's efforts. For I'jyo's information FBIHQ
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"^concurs with your observation that neither ESWA/iniiF, nor
^ ftp affiliates; are believed to be affiliated with the CPUSA.
^. Thlls conclusion is based upon the following^ facta* Orz^ O" I///
tlm\ lUO^Q^y^ -I AT
f^'^^i. (1) Until receipt of referenced NY 'airtel. FBIKQ was
jX3 I not in possession of any information which suggested
(;jf I that the ESWA/NLF, or related organizations, is or
ever was affiliated with the CPUSA.
(2) The asset has never heard the name Gus Kail, GeneraJ^
Secretary of the CPUSA, nor the names of an^'ISCher
EX..A0 1., — T^ ^ Newark
emcadles ^1 - Philadelphia
All*. Dii.T \.
Aim. $.«.. ALZ : ssa nf>p^ > ;
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Lfltwratoiy
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Plan. & \<nr-
fi«c. Mgnl. ~
Tech. Servt.
Train in)
Public AfU.
Tele^hane Rn.
Director's Sec'y
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Airtel to SACs, New York, Newark and Philadelphia
Re: Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) /Nationa
Labor Federation (NLF) FCI - R (CPUSA)
national CPUSA leaders. It is highiy unlikely any organization
or group claiming to be affiliated vjith the CPUSA v/ould not at one
time or another refer to natio"^-'- CPUSA leaders.
(3) From a historical pafE^ective the CPUSA has *
downplayed the element of violence in its quest for
social revolution, although not denying the possibility
that social change may well be accompanied by violence.
In the 1960 's and 1970; the CPUSA condemned the violent
tactics of certain radical groups, claiming that violence
at that time v/as counter revolutionary, invited reactig^n
on the part of the authorities, and would not win the
support of the masses.
(4) The CPUSA v;as rejected by the "New Left" movement
(New Left emerged in the late 1950 's and registered |
a m.easure of political impact in the 1960 's and «jprly
1970 's) as too orthodox, conservative, and subservient
to the Soviet Union.
(5) The CPUSA, still among the largest and best organized
parties on the left of the American political spectrum,
believes that it will be the vanguard of a political
mass movement for socialism in the United States. By
participating in national elections the CPUSA sees this
as a positive step in the long-term struggle to bring
socialism to the United States, as opposed to the
"violent overthrovj of the U. S. Government via military
type actions."
(6) NYO should refer to copy of "Yearbook on International
Communist Affairs" (previously furnished to you)
and note that of the 21 different communist parties
operating in the U. S. there exist the "CPUSA," Gus
Hall's group, the "CPUSA (Marxist-Leninist)," a new party
formed by former pro-Chinese Marxist-Leninist Organizing
Committee, the "Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)," led
by Michael ?:lonsky, the "Communist Party of the United
States of the Order of Lenin," etc. Note that the CPUSA
publishes the "Daily World," the CPUSA (Marxist-
Leninist publishes the "Ut<TITE" and the CP (M-L) publishes
"The Call."
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T^.e: nantorn Service ''^orJiexB ?..£;sociation (r.'B::'?^) /"rational
Ta^-or re-aeration i^JTr) ^^X - "^. .{C^r33h)
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■•■^O proTiptly rovf..e-t,- t!ii.3 --matter and «3efcoirt?iin© %fheth.er
the ■^ai-'lV^TT-F i.c aCflliat^'J fvith tl^e- ■'^VSh or one of t!:e other 21
C?*s in the n. S, r,tich a.- the cprt^A {^*arxit5t~':scniiiist) or the C?
Tf yon aetcrnir.o thst ""in:-!?-./^-!,? Ir. Bot aff5.1iate4 with
th«s •CT*!T:n.7i ir-iKied lately close tniB case an<l conEid<sr if the crroup
vrarrants investirratiori under tbs lancistic 5oc»rity f.mir^eiln©®,,
''-.IT'IO vill arl?lre--?c.' future rccuostr for txavel following
cop.|rjlotKiovi of rcoorfl a'r..ec>:s concerninq tJ».e arjnot.
p-.sstJltG of 3'jrcE.u rccor-fl checks for the holo^^y Itste.-?^
indivi«3tials aml/o'^ orrjarjizaticm are ae- Sblloim;
^.tjtresu indices iieg-ativsa relativo to I
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raaoras revealgrfl ana lf>66 rafeafenao to af
(see re ferenced PTitel) t
I Cp-T> > BtareaTi
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^■ras not^icl to ne in tfca
company of t^,70 otliier inf3ividiiai3 wlio -rere introdtsccd to a
S-'>sc!ial ><jent of t.ne VT-Z nc -^raanr^ vJio vrera voluntarily ass-istim
a fre-e-lanca researcher ;.lovelop infart^-aticn relating to the
'fcntifj Cocialist ?ill.laT3cc of rjoston.
to Qncf
1 n-.ir^-iau Inaici^ H revealed a 1973 reference
n'xe «-ras lisfcefl
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lof the t^;a?;tern -^^g^m T^or^cgyr: ^.napclatian f^rif^^ .
Bc~llpor
b TT., :jy.. v^ith an adarssfi of
1 ;v£'r'.-'. •5.'^^ diisicrihfii). as i.6tec*ci to "eaas th^i
Uigfet'»
of "T'astorii 'Lonrt I:ilana 'irdcr-uaat farmv.-or'^ers . I
"'^:7A: l-^o acclitional Infor'aation containcsd in 'nsroait
filea not alrci&Sy In .v^i'^'^'J^sior?, of reoelvj^n^f offices.
THTA'. The follot-ing Tiras suT't-nittcd in response to
a liarao cliech rer^aest subr-ittcit b;!'' :Tnitd-d "States Hecret
Service in 1976.
Xn ::a.y, 1*?73, .1 reprGssrntatix-e of the Gitffoik cotmtVy
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v.c- "■astern Service "'or'-rex'K 'H.ssociation ■(Tr;ii7;,)/!jatioaai
T,abor -^etleratiori VLT) ?C2 - ?.. (C?tTt?A5
?olicti '^^spartment (r=rT»^:!) , Patc'^oi^iici,, "yevf I'ar*;, advised that
alsout Jaaxiar^-^ 1973, !iis ^ox;artnGnt received Infor raatiicji _
iatlicatiiKj there v/ere TinregistercJ y in?; located at |
I _ I Ife i;j noted that
I ^as a -rersidenccr ^saSntaiBed I'".' the rnstera
rsrj"i T'orkers Association. The .""^tiGtorn Tarn T'Torkers J-.^sociatioii'
Ij? ,?.n organisation fortiocl to alleviate- the plicrht of ;;^ifirant
;-.ror'tcTs i^ T,uzt&cTt S-uffoll; '"oMrrty*
if^rs'..
'-"trough aubseq'iisrjt xnvoGti^ation it vrs!> fleterr-tinted
the <-n-i"s '':.'?©re retjisterGti to i:-idi vidua 1?^ Itivolvcd is t'ne '•■■mi Laft
c'ctroaist activities. -Jte of. tae individ-aals %"as 'cno's'n to
l>& asr-ociate<I vith the farrv s^-orlvcrs antl. had re-sided in "^nffoll:
County,.
hrv-^isA vith a r;osrc!^' '.mrrant* the ;"CPr* confiscated
t\-?o handounK and aigpymiition at this lo<«tt5.on ^rtd ahzratiA nn&.
I I vltl'. ^1osse^sion of fireaar^r.^, ,_^
Lhat3
The attached Tacjrar^vcnfco letter rcpr<isaats tin? only
additional inforriiatioB not already In possession of th.« receivincj
oCficea.
Btirc-au indicoij "verc nocrative rclativG to tlis f olloT.?inrr ;
(see referrnicad prrtel) .
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''atior.al T.abor Collti<^?e*
•'o iclentif ia-'la 3, nfGrnatioti could, he. located concGrninq
(seo r<5if creneecl P'Ttel) ,
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Airtel to SACs, New York, Newark and Philadelphia
Re: Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) /National
Labor Federation (NLF) FCI - S (CPUSA)
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For NYO's information Supervisor Alochol,
Tobacco and Firearms Headquarters (ATFHQ) , advised on 1/26/82 that
no idP.nti fiable record could be located concerning ESWA, EFWA,
further stated that
mtormation available to local ATF personnel is not always
entered into their main computer for eventual retrieval by ATFHQ,
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case agent in early December, 1981, with information concerning his
previous membership in an organization in Philadelphia, called "Eastern
Service Workers Association (ESWA) , " which in secret meetings
professed to be affiliated with the CPUSA. Additionally this
group claims to have a four year plan for the violent overthrow
of the U. S. Government via military type actions beginning in
February, 1982. He stated that the reason he had not come
forward sooner with this information was that he thought the
FBI already was aware of this group and were' investigating
it. In view of the recent violent occurrence, i. e., the'
attempted NYack, NY armored car robbery and the reports
connecting this violent occurrence with old left wing
radical groups, which had advocated the violent overthrow of
the U. S. Government in the past, he thought he should make
sure of the FBI was aware of the ESWA. (^) [^
He initially came into contact with this organization in
late 1978, exact month unrecalled, when he was walking by a
three-story brick building, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and noticed a sign which offered free food and clothing for the
needy. He went into this building and received the promised free food
along with an informative lecture on the aim of ESWA which is
helping the deprived service workers in the east, i.e., domestics,
attendant care workers and janitorial workers. He was asked
if he would like to help ESWA achieve their goals, which he
agreed to do because they were feeding him and they appeared
to be interested in his personal welfare. This resulted
in his assisting in telephone solicitations for money, clothing
and food, as well as street solicitations. ^) {/
stated he was involved in this
or several months but there was never any mention of
HaA—OH, Marxist-Leninism. Eventually one member
capacity
Communist Party
approached and asked him if he had noticed that there
was something more t o ESWA than just the helping of the needy.
] not really knowing what this member was
reterring to, replied in the affirmative. He was then asked
if he would like to become more "involved" in the work of ESWA and
NOTE CON'
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Re: Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) /Natxonal
Labor Federation (NLF) ,FCI - R (CPUSA)
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again replied in thP af f i rmative^illgEt was
J heard the terms
after this encounter that .
CPUSA, Soviet Union and Marxist-Leninisrcv
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After agreeing to become more involved with ESWA, he began
his indoctrination into the "inner CPUSA group" of ESWA by ^.i -
attending sessions on the doctrines of Marxist-Leninism.
During these sessions the inner CPUSA group members would praise
the doctrines of Communism, the Soviet Union Government, Russian
Revolution, Cuban Communism and Castro, whom they praised often. . (^ U
stated that not a minute of time was
wasted in these "secret meetings" even to' the point that during
the transportation to and from these meetings Marxist-Leninism
quotations and doctrines were read. Each "secret meeting"
was began with a pledge to the effect "This is a secret clandestine
meeting of the CPUSA" . Everyone in attendance at these meeti*ngs
were required to sign a piece of paper noting their attendance
and their pledge that nothing said in the meeting was to be
divulged to other non-inner CPUSA group members. {i) [/
attended three meetings of this inner
The NY meetings had a national
core group in the NYC area,
membership flavor as there were members from other areas,
of the country, in addition to the usual East Coast
contingents from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trenton, New Jersey,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, NYC and Long Island (He can
remember members or potential members from California and the
Midwest) . It was at the last NY meeting at a private residence, that
was officially asked to be a member of the
He accepted this invitation to the
C6)U
"inner UFUbA group.
applause and kudos of the full members.
New York has determined the National Labor Federation
is the national organization of which the ESWA, EFWA and
approximately 27 additional organizations are affiliates. ( J^ Ll
We concur with New York's opinion that ESWA/NLF is mostlv
likely not a CPUSA front. ^f^\K
On 1/28/82 this matter was referred to the Terrorist
NOTE CONTINUED - OVER
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Airtel to SACs, New York, Newark and Philadelphia
Re: Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) /Nationa
Labor Federation (NLF) FCI - R (CPUSA)
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Section, D ivision 6, fox . their review and handling. On 2/2/82
Supervisor I ' | ^Doraestic Security Unit, advised that
Division 5 should tully address and clarify the CPUSA issue
^''~- in writing prior to Division 6 studying the Domestic Security
Issue. (p)\Ji
This advises New York to promptly review this matter
and determine whether ESWA/NLF is affiliated with the CPUSA or
one of the 21 CP's in the U. S. today. If New York determines
that ESWA/NLF is not affiliated with the CPUSA then close
the investigation and refer to Domestic Security. {S) \j
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C- EASTEP.^7 SERVICE UOPJtSRS ASSOCIATION/. , ,
FCI - R (CPUSA) ■ ■— ri||Hl(llil¥^
Classified "Conf ;^*^ntial" in entirety.
Se ^ry airtel 2/3/82.
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^Tew York requested Bureau indices checks for organiz
and individuals listed in referenced conununication.
This is to advise FFIHQ is currently conductinrr aj
of all pertinent files and V7ill, upon completion, advise NY
of the results of these record checks.
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and individuals on which New York requested Bureau indices checks.
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CLASSIFIED "SE^ET" IN ITS ENTffiiiTY.
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BASED UP015 The iWfUKWAllUN UUlMlAilMtU ilV bftUKHl'itlvfXU HiKlJtll,' ^ \
WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO REFERENCED BUREAU AIRTEL AND InFORmAT lONX^^^V
GLEANED FROM THE NYO' S REVIEWS, THE WYO IS OF i HE OP'lnlON THAT
ESWA/wLF ARE IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH THE CPUSA HEADED BY Guf MKV ^^^
THE FACTS ON WHICH FBIHQ REACHED THE SAME CONCLUSION WERE WELL"
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STATED AMD HAD FLAYED A PREDOMINANT PART IM THE NYO ' S INITIAL "^
REACTION TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
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HAVING NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OR ENCOUNTERS WITH
MARXISTS -LENINIST CM-L) OR GANIZ AT IONS WOULD NATURALLY ARRIVE
AT HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE M-L GROUP. WHICH ESWA EVIDENTLY IS -j '
A ca'ER FOR, WAS GUS HALL's CPUSA BEING THAT THE CPUSA IS THE BEST
KNOWN A^D MOST PUBLIC OF ALL M-L ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US.
THE INFORMATION IN SACRAMEOTO AIRTEL WAS IDENTICAL TO
ABOUT ESWA
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THE INITIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
EXCEPT FOR THE CORRECT CP AFFILIATION OF THE NLF. THE FACT
THAT SACRAMENTO'S SOURCE MENTIONED EFWA , NL F ,W Slif A , MILITANT
IN
CADRE, REVOLUTIONARY OVERT IfiOWS, AN
DESCRIBING CPUSA-ORDER OF LENIN, LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT THE
DESCRIBED IS THE CPUSA ORDER OF LENIN
CPUSA
SACRAMENTO'S SOIKCE DESCRIBED.
IN REFERENCED BUREAU T&fe=¥*E , FBIHQ REQUESTED THE NYO
TO MAKE A DETERMimTION IF THIS GROUP WARRANTS INVESTIGATION
UNDER THE DOMESTIC SECffi ITY GUIDELINES. RATHER THAN HAVING
NYO DIVISION III MAKE THIS DETERMINATION, NYO DOMESTIC SECURITY
AND FBIHQ DIVISION SIX SHOULD MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS THEY ARE
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BETTER FAMILIAR WITH THE GUIDELINES UffiER WHICH THEY MUST
INVESTIGATE THESE ORGANIZATIONS. HOWEVER, MYO DIVISION III WILL
PROVIDE WHAT TOPICAL INFORMATION IT WAS ABLE TO GLEAM FROM OUR
REVIEWS IN ORDER THAT DOMESTIC SECURITY MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE
THEIR DETERMINATION.
IF THE NYO USED ONE TERM TO DESCRIBE THE LEADERS OF
ESWA/NLF IT W OILD BE "TOTAL DEDICATION". THE PEOPLE WHO
THE NYO HAS BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY AS NLF MEMBERS AND HAS BEEN
ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION ON, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN NEW LEFT TYPE
MARX I ST -LENINIST ORGANIZATIONS ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE ADULT
LIVES. THEY ARE FANANT ICAL IN THEIR RESOLVE TO CHANGE THE
SYSTEM OF GOVERW^ENT IN THE US AM3 THE NYO BELIEVES THEY
PROBABLY WOULD BE CAPABLE OF AT LEAST ATTEM PTING SOME KIND
OF ARMED VIOLENCE. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS FANANT ICAL DEDICATION
^
IS B^ SE.EN IN ONE OF THE PRIMARY LEADERS OF NLF^
(SEE PHTEL, DATED JANUARY 22 , 1982), AKA
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CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FBI IN JANUARY, 1973
WHEN IT WAS LEARNED FROM A SAN FRANCISCO SOURCE THAT
HAD
EN INVOLVED W IT H A LEFTIST EXTREMIST GROUP IN SAN FRANCISCO
tl,,JBER£riO!^t4Y RE VOL UT lONARJ GRO UP ORGANIZAT ICfWf lfflP^^tft&s
REQUESTED THE SAN FRANCISCO SOURCE
CASE OF DYNAMITE.
TO GET HIM A
GROUP HAD TREATENED A STATE OF
ALWAYS
SEIGE m CALIFORNIA). (SOURCE ALSO ADVISED THAT
CARRIED A GUN WITH HIM). SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
POLICE DEPARTMEOT IN APR 3L , 1973, ADVISED THAT THEY HAD SERVED
A SEARCH WARRANT AT A RESIDENCE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AND HAD FOU^©
TWO HAND GUNS, ObE WHICH BELONGED TO
PLUS AMMUNITION,
(RESIDENCE WAS BEING USED AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR EFWA AND
WAS THE COORD I NAT OR) .
BASED ON THE ABOVE INFORMATIGM, A SECURITY MATTER -EXTREMIST
INVESTIGATION, W AS INIT lATED . DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION THE
CASE WAS CLOSED IN AUGUST, 1973 BUT RE-OPENED IN 1975 WHEN ATF
ADVISED THEY HAD AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION OF HIM (CHARGE RELATED
TO GUNS) A® HAD ARRESTED HIM. (ERRONEOUS INFORMATION). ATF
LATER ADVISED THEY COULD NOT LOCATE
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TO ARREST HIM.
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WAS NEVER LOCATED Af© THE FBI'S ItWESTIBATIOR WAS CLOSED
PASe. FB/E S^ET NY
ADMINISTRATIVEL Y.
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NAME WAS PROFilwEWTLY MENTIONED IN NUMEROUS MARXIST
EXTREMIST GROUPS OF THE 70' 3, THROUGH ASSOCIATION OR BECAUSE HE
WAS IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION. THESE INaUDE THE IMTERNATIONAL
WORKERS PARTY AM) SPARIACIST LEAGUE, BOTH M-L POLITICAL GROUPS
miCH ADVOCATE VIOLENCE. IKTERESTIl* IS THE FACT THAT WONE OF THE
GROUPS HE WAS IIWOLVED Itv WERE EVER DETERMINED TO BE ALIGNED WITH
THE CPUSA OR UMQER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOVIET UKIQM. THEY WERE,
HOWEVER, USUALLY ALIGNED WITH THE ^EW LEFT ORGANIZATIONS OF THAT
PERIOD.
THE ABOVE WAS NOT OfLY FOUIO TO BE TRUE OF
BUT OF
ALL THE CONFIRMED InL F MEMBERS, IE
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HWEVER, AGAIN THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONNECTION OR
AFFILIATION WITH THE CPUSA FOR Af^Y OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AS FAR
AS THE NYO COILD DETERMINE.
THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION WHEN MAKING ITS DECISION ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO INVESTIGATE ESWA/NLF SHOULD TAKE IwTO ACCOUNT THE FACT
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SEPARATE SOURCES OK INFORMATION WHICH
HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION OF AN ARMED MILITANT CADRE WITHIN ESWA/
NLF WITH Oi>iE VERIFYING THE OTHER'S INFORPIAT ION . IN ADDITION AN
OVERT ACT, ALBEIT LEGITIMATE, WAS COMWIIIED BY THE PURCHASE OF
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THE WEAPONS BY TWO EFWA MEMBERS IN JUNE, 198 1. (SEE MYTEL , DATED
JANUARY 21 , 1982)
THE NYOVJILL CLOSE THIS I MVESTIGAT ION AS AN FCI MATTER WITH
THIS COMMUNICATION Ai\D COORDINATE WITH NYO DIVISION 2, IF
FBIHQ DIVISION SIX DECIDES TO OPEN AN liWEST IGAI lOK ON ESWA/
^LF .
WILL BE CLOSED [
IM ANOTHER
COMMUNICATION.
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THIS COMMUNICATION IS CLASSIFIED "SE^R^T" IN ITS ENTIRETY.
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RE BUREAU AlRTEL TO NEW YORK WITH ENCLOSURES, FEBRUARY 17, 1982,
NEW YORK AIRTEL TO BUREAU DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1^82; NEWARK TELETYPE
TO BUREAU DATED JANUARY'29, 1982; NEW YORK TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED
FEBRUARY 26, 1982.
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;,KE FOLLOWING IS A C(^ISE SUMMARY OF RECENT NEWAfI|P
INVESTfGATIONS. DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED I.M AIRTEL FORM.
INDICES CHECKS CONDUCTED BY NEWARK PER REFERENCED NEW YORK Q'p,^^^
AIRTEL WERE NEGATIVE OR NOT IDENTIFIABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING
EXCEPTION.
IS PROBABLY IDENTICAL WITH
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ONE OF SUBJECTS OF BUFILE 100-468000; NEW YORK 70-3746; ATLANTA
NET
100-8891 AND NEWARK 100-54199, CAPTIONED
AKA; ET AL , SM-NEW LEFT (EXTREMIST); 00: ATLANTA. A REVEIW OF
THIS FILE DISCLOSED THAT DURING 1971, SIX SUBJECTS INCLUDING
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PLANNED TO RAID A MILITARY ARSENAL AT FORT BENNING, GEORQ:
TO STEAL A LARGE SUPPLY OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION. SUBJECTS
PLANNED TO ESTABLISH A "WEATHERMAN" CHAPTER FOLLOWING THIS RAID.
HAD
THE RAID DID NOT MATERIALIZE.
WITH NO ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE DATA AVAILABLE.
ON FEBRUARY 23, 1982,
ADVISED THAT ASSET WAS TOLD
BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JIEW J
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s£ ip'l^m HE Am i (NJ COSHWHAT NJ COSH IS AFFILIATED Ip^H THE
EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION (ESWA) . ASSET STATED THAT
NJ COSH IS LOCATED AT 103 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
AND IS ORGANIZED PUBLICLY FOR THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEi
AND INJURY IN THE WORK PLACE. IT APPEARS TO BE TARGETED
SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS MINORITY WORKERS. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS
REGARDING ESWA AFFILIATION ARE KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
NEWARK INVESTIGATION LOCATED AND OBTAINED COPIES OF THREE
ANONYMOUS LETTERS MAILED TO THE FBI AT NEWARK, TO THE NEW JERSEY
STATE POLICE, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, AND AS FORWARDED FROM THE BUREAU
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND
TO SENATOR
TERRORISM. THE THREE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST
FOUR MONTHS AND DISPLAYED SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF ESWA/NLF.
INVESTIGATION^ONDUCTED BY NEWARK IDENTIFIED THE ANONYMOUS
WRITER AS
(PROTECT IDENTITY)
AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH
AFTER HE
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EXPpj:SSED A STRONG DESIR
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COOPERATE WITH THE FBI.
INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ABOVE INVESTIGATION, "
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CONTACT
TRENTON RESIDENT AGENCY AND VOLUNTEERED INFORMATION REGARDING ESWA .
STATED THAT HE WAS MEMBER OF CAPTIONED ORG ANIZATIOTJ
HE WAS NOT PART OF THE PARAMILITARY
CADRE, HOWEVER, HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CADRE THROUGH BEING TOLD
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BY OTHER MEMBERS.
STATED CAPTIONED
IS PART OF THE PROVISIONAL WING OF THE COMMUNIST^ PARTY , THE P-^RTY
OF LENIN WHICH IS NOT APPARENTLY PART OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, US^
(CPUSA). SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THIS INTERVIEW ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM
ATLANTIC RESIDENT AGENCY. IN GENERAL,
CORROBORATED
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED REGARDING THE REVOLUTIONARY GOALS OF
ESWA/NLF. HE FURTHER STATED HE HAD BEEN TOLD OF $5,000,00 0.00 IN
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AVAILABLE ASSETS FOR USE IN THEIR COVERT ACTIVITIES, SMALL WEAPONS
CACHES CONCEALED IN PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND AN ARMED CADRE WHICH
RECEIVES MILITARY TYPE TRAINING. THOUGH HE DENIED DIRECT KNOWLEDGE
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interviewee stated a belief that captioned organization may be
assisting radical type fugitives through their funds and a national
network of "safe houses" of which he has also been told. in
addition, interviewee indicated familiarity with some names
previously provided from the new york office including a
]WHO HAD BEEN RECRUITED INTO THE ARMED CADRE AS
MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS.
(PROTECT IDENTITY) CONTACTED THE TRENTON RESIDENT AGENCY
AND STATED HE WAS PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE HE WAS VERY
APPREHENSIVE OF THIS GROUP. HE STATED HE HAD BEEN APPROACHED AT HIS
OFFICE BY TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF ESWA WHO REQUESTED
AGREE
TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND THEIR MEMBERS IN VAGUE, UNNAMED LEGAL
PROBLEMS WHICH THEY EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. HE HAS SINCE
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BESr CONTACTED IN PERSON AND VIA TELEPHONE AT HIS RESIDEfNCE. THEY
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REQUESTED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CONSENT TO USE HIS RESIDENCE^
PENNSYLVANIA FOR PERIODIC SECRET MEETINGS AND THAT HE PROVIDE A LIST-
OF HIS PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO MIGHT BE IN INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS, IE
ATTORNEYS, POLITICIANS, ETC., WHOM THEY COULD CONTACT AND USE.
HE FURTHER INDICATED HIS IMPRESSION THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
ARE RADICAL COMMUNISTS WHO MIGHT BE VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS.
FULL DETAILS OF BOTH INTERVIEWS WILL BE PROVIDED BY FUTURE
CLOSING COMMUNICATION. BOTH OF THE ABOVE INDICATED BEING FRIGHTENED
OF THIS GROUP.
IT IS NOTED THAT INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SOURCE
IN ATLANTIC CITY, AND IN PART FROM SOURCE IN TRENTON, NEW
JERSEY, EXACTLY CORROBORATED INFORMATION SET FORTH IN REFERENCED
NEW YORK TELETYPE. IT IS NOTED FURTHER THAT THROUGH THE NEWARK
OFFICE'S 19 75 AND 19 76 INVESTIGATIONS AS PREVIOUSLY SET FORTH,
THIS INFORMATION WAS CORROBORATED BY ANOTHER SOURCE
AT THAT TIME. THIS INDICATES AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE
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INOiviBUALS IN NEW YORK, AlFORNIA, AND NEW JERSEY, Wl^OVER A
PERIOD' OF TIME SINCE 1975, HAVE PROVIDED ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL
INFORMATION REGARDING MILITANT ARMED CADRES WHO HAVE RECEIVED '^-^
MILITARY TRAINING AND CONTROL AN ALLEGED COAST TO COAST NETWORK OF -
"SAFE HOUSES" WHICH POSSIBLY CONCEALS SMALL CACHES OF WEAPONS. IN„
ADDITION, THESE ASSETS HAVE INDICATED A GREAT DEAL OF COVERT ACTIVITY
UNDER THE COVER OF CAPTIONED ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL ASSETS HAVE
INDICATED THE GOAL OF A VIOLENT ARMED REVOLUTION.
IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED IN REFERENCED NEW YORK
TELETYPE WHO HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AS HAVING LEFTISTS-EXTREMISTS
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IT APPEARS THAT THIS GROUP HAS BEEN PROGRESSING TOWARDS THEIR GOAL
THAT OF ATTEMPTING A VIOLENT MARXIST TYPE REVOLUTION SINCE AT LEAST
THE MID 19 70'S. THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN IN A HIGHLY COVERT MATTER
AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM ANY AUTHORITIES.
NEWARK CONCURS WITH NEW YORK'S RECOMMENDATION PER REFERENCED
TELETYPE THAT FBIHQ SHOULD MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS TO THE NATURE
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AND.,Lll5nS OF ADDITIONAL BWESTIGATIOK REGARDING THIS gIwP. IT
IS FURTHER NOTED THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER, THE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED
ABOVE IN ATLANTIC CITY, HAS STATED
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THOUGH
(PROTECT) CANNOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION,
HE STATED A BELIEF THAT THIS GROUP IS PROBABLY INVOLVED WITH ASSISTING
RADICAL TYPE FUGITIVES IN AVOIDING APPREHENSION THROUGH THEIR NETWORK
OF SAFE HOUSES AND POSSIBLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. HE GAVE AS AN
EXAMPLE THE RECENT MURDER OF A NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE OFFICER ANDy
THE NYACK, NEW YORK, TERRORIST TYPE ARMORED CAR ROBBERY.
NEWARK WILL SUBMIT DETAILED REPORT OF THE ABOVE INTERVIEWS AND
A FOLLOW-UP CLOSING COMMUNICATION.
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On 2/23 and IHHZI,
(Protect Identity at his request) was inte rviewed at
I When first contacted,
acknowledged tha t he authored a letter to U.S. Senator
concerning captioned organization. He
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volunteered to provide information concerning this
group on a confidential basis. He expressed deep concern
about retaliatory action on the part of more militant
Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) members who
in the past told him that informers and "fascist agents"
were not tolerated.
advised that he was involved with
the Atlantic City Chapter of Eastern Service Workers
Association (ESWA) between November, 1979 and November,
1980. He attended between 20 and 25 meetings of this
organization. At least five of these meetings were
held out of town in Philadelphia or New York City
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^ 1 stated he initially learned of ESWA when
he observed a group soliciting contributit)ns in a shopping
mall. He became more involved in ESWA work to "help the
poor". However, he gradually was brought into a "inner
circle" where he was exposed to discussion of ESWA
philosophies and goals . He described this as similar
to being rushed for a college fraternity and which one
is evaluated and tested for loyalty. Eventually he came
to the conclusion that ESWA was a front organization for
a Communist organizatioiH^jgnd was one of several groups
under the umbrella of thej g^ational Labor Federation ( NL F
This inner-circle he described a§" fiiif^dominanfriy wtiite ,j
and under 30 years of age . Members of this group are —
addressed as "comrades" at the meetings where last names
are seldom used. After being accepted into this inner-
circle, he was told by ESWA leaders that they were pro-
communist and gommittp-d to acts of vi olence against law
enforcement an d cap i ta l ism . """""^ "~ ~~ "° ""°°°"
From his attendance at a meeting in a church
related building either in Philadelphi a or Br ooklyn. New
York. He recalled an individual named | [ (phonetic)
adership role . He described
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a white male,
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I made some refer ences to ^^^^ rnhbpri p ^ and Xjeierr ed__ t o I
E SWA as ''a taceic" ^jith a "armed faction" preparing for '
•yrevolutlon.^^^ tie la(i^Kened l I r hecori c and demeanor to
■-arneo^azi "TeaHer . He also recalled | | speaking out
against the police and Federal agents as "fascist pigs".
He recalled attending a meeting at the
Npw York ana-rMrnpnr of a female member identified as
J I He rec alls this apartment as being located
in | I Manhattan.
During some meetings discussions took place
to recruit members of the US Armed forces as well as
Federal employees of the Federal Aeronautical Association
(FAA) Technical Center located outside of Atlantic City,
N.J. An individual represented to be a member of the
U.S. Mar ine Corp s Reserve Unit from Philadelphia named
nossiblvl tTPhonetlc') vras described as a white male,
attended some of these meetings
stated this individual
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stated that the Communist Party,
USA (CPUSA; was trequently referred to at these meetings
in critical terms since they were looked upon as being
"too soft". It was impression that the ESWA was not
connected or associated with the CPUSA.
To his knowledge, the Atlantic City, N.J.
Chapter of ESWA was established in October of 1977, and
has claimed to have 1400 members. He estimated that of
this amount, less then 100 were active. The reason for
this group was initially to help the poor who were being
displaced by casino construction in Atlantic City. He
became acquainted with the following individuals who were
in leadership roles at ESWA in Atlantic City:
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also advised that while he never
witnessed the Atlantic City group having any financial
resources, its leadership claimed that ESWA and NLF
had resources in the millions of dollars . Also he never
witnessed any display of firearms, explosives, or other
weapons although there were discussions of weapons caches
at some undisclosed locations. He advised that since
he had disassociated himself from the ESWA he became
morally concerned about the propensity for violence
by this groups inner-circle or "cadres". He wrote
several letters to government officials to report on
this matter, but was afra id to use his true name . He
has utilized the synonyms
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data concerning himself:
Name :
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The following investigation was conducted in
the vicinity of Trenton, N.J:
On 2/17/82, a review of 549 North Clinton Ave
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Trenton, N.J., reveals this to be a store front with a
separate entrance to what appears to be apartments or
living quarters upstairs. The windows of these door
fronts are covered with signs encouraging readers to
enter for information on rat control, termite - land-
lord problems, migrant workers information, etc. This
building is located in a black area of Trenton, N.J.
Vehicles observed in the area were registered
according to the New Jpr.spY nivisinn of Motor Vehicles
at Trenton. N.J. . to I I
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1969 gree n Ford station wagon bearing New Jersey license
The vehicle observed at that location bears
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New Jersey license tag
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A review of ownership rprnrds at the Trenton
City Hall. Trenton. N.J.. reveal th atll
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of 549 North Clinton Ave,
] is the present owner
On 2/24/82
with nffinps at 124 tjest State St
residence in ] .
he ^w/is telephonically contacted by an unknown female from
549 North Clinton Ave . . Trenton. N.J.
an attorney
Ttenton, N.J., and
] advised that on 12/9/81,
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and had contacted
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^during December of 1981, regarding his meeting
with the EiJWA. At that time, Newark wap not ayare of any
investigation of the ESWA. On 2/24/82,
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contact ed regarding his meeting and problems with ESWA.
J advised that on 12/9/81 he received a telephone call
at his office from an unknown female who advised she
represe nted the ESi^ in Trenton, N.J. She requested
[come to thfejt^feu-yf^rprg^sof J^HA >^^49«;f oxj^-CdrU^tonv
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he went to that location and met with the unknown
. wbd had telephoned him. She idfiH ti died herself a
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Shales m tne oitice, but he could ^
names.' He described the one w oman as being in her mid-20 s.
with long black hair . I
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their -fr^P^M
During this meeting which lasted approximately
elaborated on all the goals
Especially, work done for
one and a half hours , f
and good work of the ESVJA.
the migrant poor in Long Island, New York, and stated
that they had now established offices from New York to
California, in order to help the disadvantaged. She
advised that they were financially supported by donations
and gifts from people in the community, and from various
churches. None of the members received pay since they
are committed to a cause .
I I asked
services free of charge
to provide the following
1) To put on law clinics for the poor
and deprived.
2) To represent in legal matters for
the poor and deprived.
3) To organize other lawyers for group
assistance in legal matters.
4) To provide a money contribution or
other assistance.
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$50 to $100.
contribution requested was for
J advised that he contributed $5.
^agreed to assist ESWA in the above
listed services and was advised that primarily he would
be working in the areas of tennant-landlord problems,
health prohle ma. rent , infestation, and other problems,
to the poor. | advised that they were interested
in getting invoivea xn upcoming political campaigns and
requested his assistance in speaking to politicians on
their behalf.
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advised that a couple of days after
this meeting , he received a telephone call fro m! ~~
who requested that she and some of her friends Kp- allowed
to attend a private Chri stmas par ty scheduled for
law office on 12/24/81
to discuss their organization wxth[
stated that they
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advised
that the Christmas party was for employees only.
sta ted that in January 1982, he again
rec eived a call tromi ~| who requested that he make
' 1 resi dence av ailable to ESWA
his ,
for meetings . [
wanted [
to invite his
friends and neignoors to his home, so that ESWA pould
explain its programs and collect contributions .
declined.
to anyone
advised further that he has not talked
!WA since January o f 1982. Although he
gets at least two palls a w^ ek from
She requested that
icontact her at
lat his offic e.
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to discuss the scheduling of legal advice session. !
advised that he wants nothing more to do with this group,
which he called "young communists". When asked to explain
this description he stated that the way these girls
discussed their accomplishments and the pressure they
are placing on him, made him believe these are communist
methods .
advised he did give
fche name
of a fellow at tomey I 1.
J ha s someone who might a ssist them. Shortly
after giving themC
I name, [
Jcontactedf
and advised that ESWA contacted him, and he told them he
could be of no assistance either legally or financially.
A review of 6 Westend Ave, Trenton, N.J.,
revealed it to be one-half of a double house and predominantly
black neighborhood. Signs on the windows indicate that the
"Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals" and ESWA
occupy the residence. Observations in the area failed to
identify any activity at this location.
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It is noted that corporate records and ctade
name Bureau Division of the Secretary of State for the
State of New Jersey at Trenton, N.J., provided no record
re the ESWA, Eastern Farm Workers Association, or NLF.
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The National^ Labor Pederatlon
is located at 200 V/est 25th st.,\Kew Yoi'k City.
It is represented as an 'off-shoot' of the Geaser
Chavez organization in California A but I "believe
that Mr. Chavez does not really ha\e any control,
nor extensive knowledge, of this orfeanization.
NATLPED has sent qut various
branch organizations, among them the\North-East
Farm Workers Assoc, and the Eastern Sfervice V/orkers
Assoc, and the California Horae-Kakers\. Assoc. , and
a temporary V/orkers Assoc, based primarily in New
Brunswick, W.J. There is also a North v/est Seasonal
Workers Assoc, located, I believe, in Oregon or
Washington state. This last is a small group, while
the others may nximber from 500 to 1,500 in size.
These organizations represent them-
selves as "organizing the un-organized" , and many call
themselves Mutual Benefits Groups. They usually offer
the trappings of labor unions, education about the his-
tory of labor growth in America, and "educational"
picket lines about centers of labor un-rest.
The groups use volunteer lawyers to
push their contention that they are not a Ibor union,
and they push suits in courts around issues such as
working and housing conditions. The groups also re-
cruit doctors to give 'free' medical care to farm-
workers and the poor among the membership. Each group
offers such benefits to show ra&mbers that only 'they'
care about the poor and under- privileged.
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These various groups began in 1973,
and grew around a nucleus of New York and Eastern city
and V/est Coast radicals and extreme Left-wing figures.
They seized upon the fragmentation of
Left wing groups and the danger from armed action and it's
consequences — the V.'eatherraen and Veince Y Ramos — to "go
underground". They re-surfaced as the National Labor Fed-
eration, and, with I estimate less than 500 members, began ■<
establishing various "associations", beginning on the
V/est Coast v/ith the Horae-Makers, and on the East Coast
and rural New York with their Eastern Parm-vvorkers
groups.
Among this central membership were many
Yeince Y Ramos Brigade members, most wanted for bank
robbery and murder, and ex-V/eatherraen, and members of
other fring radical left terrorist groups.
This central group styled themselves
'Cadre', and began dispersing around the country, with
money from contributions by sympathizers, and loot from
their robberies, and small groups of 3 to 6 members be-
gan establishing offices in such locations as SmithTov;n,
BellPort, and other farm-labor areas in Nassau and
Suffolk counties, and throughout Long Island.
West, in cities, the California Home-
makers sprang up, and later, ca. 1976-77, Eastern cities
such as Nev/ Brunswick and Boston and Philadelphia became
centers, and later, Trenton and Atlantic City — the last
three adressing therasleves to 'service workers' and the
un- employed.
There is a small 'entity' in V/estern
Massachusetts. Total of these groups is arounf 12 to 15.
Each Entity has about 1,500 maximum in membership.
REPORT KATLPED
At present time, otviously, these
groups are not 'illegal' .. .but I believe they may pose a
great threat to America in the future. For the terrorists
and extremists in their midst have not given up their fixed
belief that America is ripe for 'overhtrow' — and they
have set up an Armed Paction, carefully hidden and guarded,
which, I have been told, posesses over 100 guns and arms
and an unlcnovm quantity of explosives.
This group calls itself the Provi-
sional Wing of the Communist Party... and they are dedica-
ted to the overthrov/ of the U.S. government by 'any means
necessary' .
The information I have written here
is the basic facts as I have uncovered them, as a member
of this organization for over a year. Obviously, I have
not penetrated the 'inner core' of KATLPEL. I have no de-
sire to do so, out of fear, and I am suspect, from ym. fre-
quent criticism of the Soviet Union.
I do not consider myself an 'agent' j
but rather an American citizen v/ho has uncovered an org-
anization whose hidden depravity and threat to our country
should be known to you, and to all Americans.
I do not use my real name in this comm-
unication, because I have been told that the penalty for ■
disclosure of the 'inner purpose' of this organization is
death. I may communicate with members of the Bureau or the
Executive branch in person in the futurd^, if I feel that
events warren t it.
Good Night
God Bless America
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Dear Sirs,
I am writing with information that might be of
aid to you in your hunt for those responsible for the mur-
der of a state policeman recently.
ITow, I do not ha^e any infor.'nation nor identif-
ication that might lead directly to these people, but a
more general body of data that might prove useful.
There is in Kev; Jersey a series of organizations
called the Eastern Service V.'orkers. Tv^ey exist in Kew Bruns-
v/lck, Trenton, Princeton, and Atlantic City, and in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania.
C'hese groups purport to be "concerned" about the
poor and the un-ernployed, and call themselves a Kutual Ben-
efits association. They do distribute food and clotliing on
occasions, and conduct organizing drives. They even have
lawyers v/ho volunteer to help members, and have aided them in
court cases, "to fight injustice", etc.
But the real job of these groups is to recruit for
the I^ational Labor Federation, and beyond that, for the real
center and identity of these organisations: The Provisional
V.'ing of the Communist Party, aka The Party of Lenin.
This ultra-left splinter party has among its innei'
membership ex-V/eatherrnen, the Veince Y Ramos Brigade, and
other meiibers of Communist terrorist groups. They have v/eapons
and conduct regular training, I believe the arms are stored,
in small caches, in the private homes and apartments of
central members, v/ho call themselves Cadre, or if officers
, Gommisars.
I v/as a member of this group for over a year, but
an no longer active and am "politically suspect". I have been
warned on several occasions that betrayal of the Party —
meytnii death.
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I've communicated with the CIA and the
PBI concerning this group, always anonymously or under a
pseudonym.
VThile I do not helieve any members of
this group committed these ^murders, the trooper nor
the attempted Brinks robbery, they are definitely com-
mitted to aiding and helping any and all terrorist
actions which, in their central committees opinion, will
"aid the revolution" or help to de-stabilize America.
In other words, they will, if they can without risk to their
organlztion, hide, shelter and aid in escape any of these
free-lance terrorist groups.
Usually, fugitives would not be permitted
near the offices, or "entities", becnuse these are vis-
ited by members of the public. But again, the homes and
apartments of trusted*menbers v/ould be used for this
purpose.
Nov.', this group is always alert against
betrayal, or penetration by agents. But most of them
believe their organization — The Party — is secret, and
unknown to the general public, or law enforcement
agencies.
Someday, if I feel I can do so with safety,
I will be communicating by phone with the CIA, nnd per-
haps The Bureau and your office.
Good Kight
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October 19, 1981
Respectfully referred to:
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
9th § Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20535
Attention:
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Because of the desire of this office to be
responsive to all itiqulrlcs and communications,
your consideration of the attached is
requested. Your findings and views, in
duplicate form, along with return of the
enclosure, will be appreciated by Nov. 20, 1981,
to the at tention of
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Terrorism, 532;>'\Dirksen Office Building.
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was a me-nber for some months, caller the Eastern Service
'.■.•orkers Associ ation . The '£\.ik
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:'\erea in Kanhattai. , MiC. 1
•Surinc several 'national meetings',
i learned that the center or core of i.A'i'LV--ij is somethinp;
call fed the Provlrilonal 'M'in^r\of the Co rar r.unAst Party. This
^roup include^- converts frc^ other Lloinnmnist parties, new
recruitn, nr'ny dotin!:^ from anti-v.-ar activities of the 70s,
r;rj.'; rerr.nuntc of the Vience Y Rnraos Lrii^ade, an armed ^anj^-
^■'.-.'■roneihlc for r;any robberiee and liurders in California.
jw:Tl^r'r;^> clc;i:'!3 to hi-ve bo-jui; their
;:CXiYitie5; in co-operation v;ith O^^ei-T '^a-jvc:::, by persu---
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.0 T>:'3r^ i-£-i?p c. -..iiese or a n%:' tics exist in bantlj-ov/n >!,
other locationL--; on Lon{: Island, six citief; in Grilifornia,
and Boston, MaBS. , Princeton and Trenton and Atlantic City,
17. J., and Philadelphia, Pa,. ' .
Tvieir stated aims include ^trenghtenin^.
of en armed faction, equipped with over 100 firearras, and
'recruiting* of ineabers of the Ar;iie:3 l"orces--anQ ultimately,
the violent over- throw of the United otates government.
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:-:ost of the 200,000+ membership are
un-aware that they are part of a Stalinist party, nor that
their membership m^y involve them in the deaths of perhRp.s
hundreds of innocent people. They have been told that the
i^roup they belone to is t;'5i"c: ^'^ "or-anize the un-roganized" ,
and deliver benefits to the poor, and establish a "pern:en-
ant solution" to poverty, racism, and in- justice in Americj.
They have not been told that the
strategy for these aims include riot:^, Gabota;:;e of govern-
nevit installations, murder of selected victcrr.i; to 'create
martyrs', and assasination of policemen and elected off-
icials.
■2he -'vastex-n Service workers and sim-
11. r groups represent a tlireat, because they are a 'secret'
y/.^--;-, ready to iisc public meetin£;s and volunteer lav.'yeri;
to "protect" them against attempts to disclose their real
purposes, "jvmerica is sof-!;", one member told ine. "'.ie shall
UG their own laws a£;inst them" i,'ATLr::iJ i^roups deny that they
■.ro v'onmunist, and denouace irivcsti:j"H tion a-jainct tlie.m as
"harrassment" , and "Facist efforts to crush the poor".
..nc because of the cleverness of their propaganda, hundreds
of respected .niaericans and cleri;jy and professional people
have volunteered to help these ijroups unav/are of the real
ai;ri3 that are at the center of their 'aumnnitarian' facade!
I liave sent reports to the j'BI in
/.'ashin^ton and ::ewark about these {groups. I would be able,
if needed, to testify before the committee.
jmm^ia^ However, I have a friend who marched with me against the
v/ar in Vietnam, in civil rights protests, etc. I believe I would
trust him to communicate to me a response this committee might
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SAC, PHILADELPHIA (100-NEW) (SQ12)
SUBJECT :-^STERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION (ESWA)/
TiATIONAL LABOR FEDERATION^(NLF) , DOMESTIC SECURITY
Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an
LHM and for Newark and New York two copies respectively.
SAC Philadelphia has authorized a limited invest ig
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Under caption of Conmxinist Workers Party, Philadel-
phia file 100-56264, has reopened its investigation of the
Conanunist Workers Party (CWP) because of recent information
developed by the Philadelphia Police Department and because
on 6/25-27/82 the "mini" Democratic convention will be held
in Philadelphia.
Because of the reports of the potential for violence
by the ESWA, Philadelphia is conducting the limited investiga-
tion to determine if additional investigation is warranted.
Newark and New York are requested to provide
Philadelphia with information they have previously developed
concerning ESWA in a non-classified form so that this
information can be included in Philadelphia's Domestic
Security investigation and where appropriate, passed to local
law enforcement agencies.
Sources mentioned in the enclosed LHM are:
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Confidential source
Confidential source
Confidential source
Known to Philadelphia
Known to Philadelphia
Known to Philadelphia
Known to the Bxireau
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U.S. DepartaMiMI Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
In Reply, Pleas* Refer to
File No.
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
April 12, 1982
EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION
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On July 29, 1980 a confidential source of unknown
reliability but who was in a position to know voluntarily
appeared at an office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and provided the following information:
Source advised that he first came in contact with
the Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) in March
1980 during a bucket drive (fund raising) at 15th and Spruce
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. According to source, members
on the street expressed interest in changing the situation
of the poor and he appeared to be interested. He said that
their offices are located at 1518 South Street, telephone
number 5»4 5-9055 and 1701 West 42nd Street, Philadelphia,
Pa., telephone number 473-9718. He indicated that the peoplt
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a full-time staff
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After a few contacts with the group source indicated
that he was recruited to join the organization and was asked
to go to Brooklyn, N.Y. for indoct rination lessons. He
went tP New York on two occasions J I
I In New York he met a [r-
of the Central Commit tee as well as a
(LNU), who was F ^
member of the Central Committee. Source
was of Mexican origin and self-educated.
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vxsits to New York, source was turnxshed training in the basic
structure of the organization and he fvtrnished the copies
of notes which he took during those, meetij^gs . ^ . ,_
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMENDATIONS
NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT IS THE PROPERTY
OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TO YOUR AGENCY. IT
AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE
YOUR AGENCY.
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Source advised that he was furnishing this informa-
tion because he felt that the group was really not interested
in the plight of the poor and|
therefore was providing this information to the FBI.
Source was recontacted on September 12, 1980 and
indicated that he has had no additional contacts with the
group and feels that they have withdrawn their interest
with him.
A second confidential source (reliable) advised
as follows:
The ESWA, apparently an organization oriented
towards providing social form and assistance programs for
the poor, has a new office at 1701 North H2nd Street, West
Philadelphia. The ESWA claims to have 3000 members and to
be dedicated to promoting changes in the U.S. Government.
They also have an office at 1518 South Street, Philadelphia,
Pa. ESWA claims to provide emergency housing, dental care,
and food programs, thav appe ar to have about nine full-time
jHQTkers, includinfij ICLNUiJ |
white male,^ | They claim to be
"nationwide and may have once been located in Stafford, N.Y.
They are "vmited for change", are socialistically oriented,
conduct speaking engagements in churches, and do not appear
to be violence-prone.
On November 2, 1981 a third confidential source
of unknown reliability advised as follows:
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home after becoming associated with the ESWA — IfilR Snnt
On February 15, 1982
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Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Source advised
living with the Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals/
Eastern Farm Workers, 76 West Main Street, Riverhead, N.Y.
Source advised that Rhe waR not aware of any plans for violence
by this group but that
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had stated that the
group desired to see the U.S. taken over by Communism.
Source was able to provide the following list of addresses
and/ or telephone nu mbers of individuals c*- groups connected
with
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EASTERN SERVICE WORKERS ASSOCIATION
Eastern Service Workers Association
1518 South Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eastern Service Workers Association
1701 North «*2nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eastern Farm Workers Association
76 West Main Street, Riverhead, N.Y.
Coalitin of Concerned Medical Professionals
76 West Main Street, Riverhead, N.Y.
Eastern Service Workers Association
12 North New Jersey Avenue, Atlantic City, N.Y.
Willy Rowe
8 Prospect Avenue, Geneya, N.Y. (315) 789-7095
Review of the records of the Philadelphia Office
of the FBI determine that information had been received
indicating that the ESWA is a Communist front which is
attempting to organize domestic service workers and other
militant laborers into a union-like organization. ESWA
had a five year plan for the viient overthrow of the
U.S. Government and the ESWA was described as a pure Leninst
organization apparently a pro-Chinese organization with a
Cuban element.
On November H, 1981 an office of the FBI received
an anonymous letter, a copy of which had been sent to a
U.S. Senator. The writer of the letter stated that the ESWA
is an arm of the National Labor Federation (NLF) which is
headquartered in Manhattan, N.Y.
The writer referred to "NATLFED" being called the
"Provisional Wing of the Communist Party." The writer stated
that other arms of the NLF include the Northern Farm Workers
Association; The California Homemakers Association; the
Northeastern and Northwestern Seasonal Workers Association.
These organizations were alleged to have branches in six
cities in California, Long Island, N.Y. , Smithtown, N.Y.,
boston, Mass., Princeton, N.J., Trenton, N.J., Atlantic
City, N.J. and Philadelphia, Pa.
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The unknovmwiter referred to an "armed faction
recruiting members of the Armed Forces for the ultimate over-
throw of the U.S. Government." While the writer of this letter
is not known, the writer stated that he cou ld receive a
communication from the U.S. Senator through I I
On March 23, 1982 an anonymous letter was received
by the Philadelphia Office of the FBI and stated as follows:
"Dear Sirs,
"I want to write and tell you of a group that
my fiemcee and I joined briefly, and later quit. They
call themselves ESWA, or Eastern Service Workers Asso-
ciation. But at the center, I found out at 'national^
meetings, is nothing less than the Provisional Wing of the
Communist Party.
"At these top meetings, we were introduced to
people who told us (f the necessity to overthrow the United
States government by force, and * organize' members of the
armed forces to help them do this. They also told me that
they have collected rifles and small-arms, and have a small
army !
"This ESWA pays almost no taxes, but they said
they collect many millions every year from ' contributors . '
I gave them money, too, before I knew they were Communist.
They claim also that they have got support from all sorts
of charitable and religious organizations, and even volunteer
lawyers and doctors, who 'help the poor', and don't realize
they are working for The Party.
"If more people knew about this group, they would
not help or support them. But lots of people are afraid to
tell what they know, because The Party threatens people,
as they did us, to keep quiet if we know what's good for
them. The Party even holds training sessions in how to
manipulate and brain-wash people!
"The ESWA has offices in Philadelphia and Trenton
and New Brunswick in New Jersey, even Atlantic City. And
they have some Farmworkers associations up in Long Island,
N.y.
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"I am afraid of the risk, but I want to tell
Americans about these New Communist s, because I think they
could be a very real danger to our country.
The Newark Office of the FBI located and obtained
copies of three anonymous letters mailed to the FBI at
Newark, N.J., to New Jersey State Police, Trenton, N.J.
and to a U.S. Senator. The three letters were written over
a period cf four months and displayed specific knowledge of
ESWA/NLF.
Investigation conducted by the FBI identified
the anonymous letter writer and he was interviewed.
The writer advised as follows:
Writer stated that he was member of captioned or-
ganization for approximately one year. He was not part of
the paramilitary cadre, however, he had knowledge of this
cadre through being told on numerous occasions by other
members. Writer stated captioned organization is part of
the provisional wing of the Communist Party, the Party of
Lenin which is not apparently part of the Communist Party,
USA CCPUSA). In general, writer corroborated information
previously obtained regarding the revolutionary goals of
ESWA/NLF. He further stated he had been told of $5,000,000.00
in available assets for use in their covert activities, small
weapons caches concealed in private residences and an armed
cadre which receives military type training. Though he de-
nied direct knowledge of this he had been told of the above
specifically by members.
Writer stated a belief that captioned organization
may be assisting radical type fugitives through their funds
and a national network of "safe houses" of which he has also
been told.
A founh confidential source contacted an office
of the FBI and stated he was providing this information be-
cause he was very apprehensive of this group. He stated he
had been approached at his office by two representatives of
ESWA who requested source agree to represent themselves and
their members in vague, unnamed legal problems which they
expected to occur in the future. He has since been contacted
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in person and via telephone at his residence. They requested
financial contributions, consent to use his residence in
Pennsylvania for periodic secret meetings and that he provide
a list of his personal friends who might be in influential
positions, i.e. attorneys, politicians, etc., whom they
could contact and use. Source believes that he is being
accepted as a fringe member of this group. He further indi-
cated his impression ftat these individuals are radical
Communists who might be violent and dangerous.
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